another flight goes missing

[Schildog]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30614627?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central

[TobiasFunke]

Da fuq?

[Blarg]

Sum Ting Wong?

[Vegas Halo Fan]

An article I found on Yahoo identified the plane as an Airbus A380 - which is impossible, because Air Asia doesn't fly the A380. The photo with the article is of an Airbus A320, which sounds more on target.

 

Contact with AirAsia flight QZ8501 bound for Singapore from Surabaya lost

[Tank]

pilot may have made an unusual flight path adjustment shortly before disappearing. as many as 162 people on board.

[mtangelsfan]

162 human beings possibly dying is funny stuff I guess.

[Tank]

can talking about weather as a possible complication. may have been the reason the pilot wanted a deviation from the flight plan.

[DowningRules]

Sum Ting Wong?

 

Too Foo King Soon

Edited December 28, 2014 by DowningRules

[Blarg]

So what is too soon and too late? I'll tell you, for 160 more people nobody in that corridor have done anything soon enough to prevent what now is too late. They have done nothing since the last lost flight to prevent this one from disappearing from radar in an area that they should not be able to fall off the grid. Something is wrong.

[gotbeer]

The new Bermuda Triangle.  Hopefully they find this one.  

[mp170.6]

As usual, The Aviation Herald has the best (and most accurate) information about plane crashes.  Don't waste your time with mainstream news, read this instead:

http://avherald.com/h?article=47f6abc7&opt=0

[ten ocho recon scout]

The hell is happening out there? Very sad.

[Spirit]

This is weird. 

[Biergott]

Crazy it's another Malaysian based airline too, isn't it?

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Crazy it's another Malaysian based airline too, isn't it?

Yes.

[gotbeer]

I flew Air Asia from Thailand to Hong Kong a couple years back. I got yelled at for drinking a beer I smuggled on.

 

F'n Americans.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

As usual, The Aviation Herald has the best (and most accurate) information about plane crashes.  Don't waste your time with mainstream news, read this instead:

 

I lurk on that site, but I never post. The people there tend to attack those who aren't total experts in aviation. Airnation.net tends to be more forgiving for those of us who are aficionados but have no idea what to do when landing a Boeing 727 when the #3 engine goes out on final approach. 

[IEAngelsfan]

The new Bermuda Triangle.  Hopefully they find this one.  

Where do you get this of stuff from?

 

Everyone knows it's alien abductions.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

According to this article from BBC News, the pilot requested a deviation from the flight path due to heavy storm clouds in the area. The deviation could not be granted due to other traffic in the area, and five minutes later radar contact was lost.

[Tank]

I lurk on that site, but I never post. The people there tend to attack those who aren't total experts in aviation. Airnation.net tends to be more forgiving for those of us who are aficionados but have no idea what to do when landing a Boeing 727 when the #3 engine goes out on final approach. 

 

wait a minute, so you don't know how to land that particular jet minus one engine? holy smokes, vegas, i had no idea you were such an amateur.  i'm not sure we can be friends anymore.

[Tank]

24+ hours later and still no hint of the plane. no debris found, and apparently this is an area frequented by plenty of ships.

 

what about the transponder? did it get turned off?

 

this flight has the same fisihiness to it that MH370 had. i think that plane ended up in a hangar somewhere, and i wouldn't be surprised if this one does too.

[wopphil]

According to this article from BBC News, the pilot requested a deviation from the flight path due to heavy storm clouds in the area. The deviation could not be granted due to other traffic in the area, and five minutes later radar contact was lost.

In modern aviation history, how many times has weather taken down a large jet?

[Lhalo]

As usual, The Aviation Herald has the best (and most accurate) information about plane crashes.  Don't waste your time with mainstream news, read this instead:

http://avherald.com/h?article=47f6abc7&opt=0

 

The weather radar snapshot that shows where the plane went down is gnar.

 

No wonder the pilot wanted to change course.

[bakunin]

Lord have mercy. 

[gotbeer]

In modern aviation history, how many times has weather taken down a large jet?

 

It took down Tom Hanks plane in Castaway.  And since I base everything that happens on movies.  It happens all the time.